MORALIZER Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

moralizer

noun

Definition of moralizer

as in preacher

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Recent Examples of moralizer Fowler certainly was a moralizer, just maybe not in the way Jespersen meant. — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The Burkes were also very religious, with Dawud occasionally serving as a Pentecostal preacher.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
John Lewis Dyer, an itinerant Methodist preacher, arrived with the earliest prospectors in 1862.

— John Meyer, Denver Post, 26 July 2026

Definition of preacher

Noun

Twenty years ago, moralists tried to strong arm a Texas private school into removing Annie Proulx’s sensitive story Brokeback Mountain from its curriculum.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Carney is a moralist, a filmmaker of fidelity—and of renunciation, depicting the romantic near-misses and what-ifs that his characters leave behind.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

Definition of moralist

Noun

Michael Palladino, a lecturer in fashion at City University of New York Kingsborough, argued that companies need to modernize outdated ideas about what professional dress should look like.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Gayil Talshir, political science lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said Smotrich’s position represents a calculated decision to avoid a firm stance against the exemption that would have forced him to quit the coalition.

— Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of lecturer

Noun

So this green dress with small spots and an oversized puritan collar was quite appropriate for its time.

— Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 1 July 2026
However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.

— Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of puritan

Noun

Within 15 minutes, the city’s license plate readers led officers to the vehicle and the suspect, who has since been revealed to be Saleem Martin.

— Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
Riccio points out oftentimes the license plates to legal vehicles are removed or blocked, which keeps them from being traced on license plate readers.

— Jermont Terry, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of reader

Noun

While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019

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